Dadwasnotonlymybestfriend,butm-优题课

My brother and I are exactly one year apart. We look like twins, but we are completely ____16____ . By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother ____17____ meditation ( 冥想 ),while I was a born ____18____ who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage. I took his relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn't ____19____ .

I didn't ____20____ having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school. ____21____ , I threw myself into the world of musicals. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be ____22____ for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough ____23____ my noisy singing. So space to practise became a （ n ） ____24____ between us because we shared a room.

At the start of the semester, I practised "Circle of Life" for a musical. This was the first time I _____25_____ to learn a song, because my voice cracked ( 破音 )as I switched to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and _____26_____ practising, declaring I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother _____27_____ quiet when I got home.

After two days of this, my brother asked me to _____28_____ him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my inability to manage this song _____29_____ ,I accepted. My brother said, "When your mind floats away, you simply come back. Don't blame yourself" I got the message, and it soon became my new _____30_____ . I kept trying at the song, no longer getting _____31_____ at myself. And just in time for the trial performance, I was able to _____32_____ power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don't have to always get everything _____33_____ the first time and that good things come with continual _____34_____ .I now understand why my brother favours the _____35_____ .

16.

A．

mature

B．

different

C．

content

D．

normal

17.

A．

disliked

B．

preferred

C．

replaced

D．

abandoned

18.

A．

writer

B．

leader

C．

painter

D．

performer

19.

A．

get along

B．

drop by

C．

show off

D．

check in

20.

A．

try

B．

mind

C．

enjoy

D．

delay

21.

A．

In particular

B．

In vain

C．

In return

D．

In theory

22.

A．

humorous

B．

ordinary

C．

competitive

D．

grateful

23.

A．

above

B．

below

C．

near

D．

without

24.

A．

issue

B．

contrast

C．

agreement

D．

balance

25.

A．

struggled

B．

expected

C．

promised

D．

decided

26.

A．

began

B．

allowed

C．

stopped

D．

continued

27.

A．

hated

B．

experienced

C．

accepted

D．

wanted

28.

A．

help

B．

invite

C．

join

D．

admire

29.

A．

gracefully

B．

suddenly

C．

fiercely

D．

cautiously

30.

A．

limit

B．

sentence

C．

mistake

D．

philosophy

31.

A．

rude

B．

angry

C．

surprised

D．

excited

32.

A．

lose

B．

share

C．

reduce

D．

maintain

33.

A．

wrong

B．

right

C．

back

D．

down

34

A．

luck

B．

absence

C．

effort

D．

fear

35.

A．

fight

B．

noise

C．

quiet

D．

safety

Over the past 38 years, Mr. Wang has pretended to be someone else many times,and has even learned to＿21＿different dialects（方言），leading to him being described as an "Oscar-winning actor".

The 60-year-old is not an actor, but a ＿22.＿However,he is more devoted to his " ＿23＿ "than any real actor.

In the 1990s, a group of thieves often sold stolen goods with the heip of some beggars. To look into the ＿24＿，Wang disguised（伪装）himself and ＿25＿ the beggars．Dirty shorts and old shoes gave him the ＿26＿ of a real beggar and his convincing dialect soon won him the ＿27＿ of the beggars.

"I often ＿28＿ them to drink alcohol. Once they were ＿29＿,they began to talk a lot,"Wang said. "I'd then __30 __ myself to use the toilet, ＿31＿what the beggars said, and send the ＿32＿ to my teammates."

Wang，who is often in__33＿ situations， is also a judo （柔道） master． "As long as I get close enough, no criminal can __ 34__ from me," he said.

Wang's __ 35__ won him several honors, including a National May Day Labor Medal and 11 Citations of Merit.Paris.

21.

A．

teach

B．

compare

C．

assess

D．

speak

22.

A．

lawyer

B．

doctor

C．

policeman

D．

businessman

23.

A．

role

B．

study

C．

family

D．

audience

24.

A．

minor

B．

case

C．

future

D．

question

25.

A．

interviewed

B．

joined

C．

arrested

D．

assisted

26.

A．

challenge

B．

experience

C．

appearance

D．

freedom

27.

A．

vote

B．

sympathy

C．

permission

D．

trust

28.

A．

invited

B．

forced

C．

helped

D．

expected

29.

A．

drunk

B．

deserted

C．

bored

D．

lost

30.

A．

guide

B．

persuade

C．

excuse

D．

allow

31.

A．

refer to

B．

note down

C．

ask about

D．

miss out

32.

A．

plan

B．

agreement

C．

direction

D．

information

33.

A．

awkward

B．

dangerous

C．

unfortunate

D．

strange

34.

A．

separate

B．

recover

C．

escape

D．

hear

35.

A．

courage

B．

honesty

C．

kindness

D．

optimism

Recently，I took a trip home by train．I got a seat opposite a middle-aged man with sharp eyes，who kept 1 a young woman in a window seat with a little boy on her lap．The woman's eye fell on the man's face，and she immediately looked down and 2 her scarf．

As the night wore on，people began to close their eyes，but the seats were so uncomfortable that only a very heavy sleeper could manage to get any 3 ．The woman looked over at the man．He was still staring at her．She looked back at him with fire in her eyes．I was beginning to get 4 ，too．

The train moved on．The little boy was 5 awake on his mother's lap，but the woman dropped off to sleep．A moment later，he began to 6 the half-open window-one leg went over it．The man jumped up and 7 the child just before he fell out．

The 8 woke up the woman．She seemed to be in 9，and then reality dawned （显现）．"Your child has been looking for an opportunity to climb out of the window，"the man said as he gave the child back to her. ．"So I have been watching the whole time．"The woman was 10 ，and so was I．

1.

A．

guiding

B．

bothering

C．

watching

D．

monitoring

2.

A．

adjusted

B．

changed

C．

packed

D．

waved

3.

A．

air

B．

joy

C．

space

D．

rest

4.

A．

nervous

B．

embarrassed

C．

angry

D．

disappointed

5.

A．

almost

B．

still

C．

hardly

D．

even

6.

A．

drag

B．

climb

C．

knock

D．

push

7.

A．

grabbed

B．

rocked

C．

touched

D．

picked

8.

A．

alarm

B．

quarrel

C．

risk

D．

noise

9.

A．

sorrow

B．

relief

C．

panic

D．

pain

10.

A．

astonished

B．

confused

C．

concerned

D．

inspired

When 17﹣year﹣old Quattro Musser hangs out with friends， they don't drink beer or cruise around in cars with their dates．（1）　　， they stick to G﹣rated activities such as rock﹣climbing or talking about books．

They are in good company， according to a new study showing that teenagers are increasingly delaying activities that had long been seen as rites of passage into （2）　　． The study， published Tuesday in the journal Child Development， found that the percentage of adolescents in the U． S． who have a driver's license， who have tried alcohol， who date， and who work for pay has plummeted since 1976， with the most precipitous （急剧的）（3）　　in the past decade． The declines appeared across race， geographic， and socioeconomic lines， and in rural， urban， and suburban areas．

To be sure， more than half of teens still engage in these activities， but the （4）　　have slimmed considerably． Teens have also reported a steady decline in sexual activity in recent decades， as the portion of high school students who have had sex fell from 54 percent in 1991 to 41 percent in 2015， according to Centers for Disease Control statistics． "People say，'Oh， it's because teenagers are more responsible， or more lazy， or more boring，' but they're （5）　　the larger trend，" said Jean Twenge， lead author of the study， which drew on seven large time﹣lag surveys of Americans． Rather， she said， kids may be less （6） in activities such as dating， driving or getting jobs because in today's society， they no longer need to．

According to an evolutionary psychology theory that a person's "life strategy" slows down or speeds up depending on his or her （7）　　， exposure to a "harsh and unpredictable" environment leads to faster development， while a more resource﹣rich and secure environment has the （8）　　effect， the study said． In the first （9）　　， "You'd have a lot of kids and be in survival mode， start having kids young， expect your kids will have kids young， and expect that there will be more （10）　　and fewer resources，" said Twenge， a psychology professor at San Diego State University who is the author of "iGen： Why Today's Super﹣Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious， More Tolerant， Less Happy﹣and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood．"

In that model a teenage boy might be thinking more （11）　　about marriage， and driving a car and working for pay would be important for "establishing mate value based on procurement of resources，" the study said． But America is shifting more toward the （12）　　model， and the change is apparent across the socioeconomic spectrum， Twenge said． "Even in families whose parents didn't have a college education…families are smaller， and the idea that children need to be carefully （13）　　has really sunk in．" The （14）　　of "adult activities" could not be attributed to more homework or extracurricular activities， the study said， noting that teens today spend fewer hours on homework and the same amount of time on extracurriculars as they did in the 1990s （with the exception of community service， which has risen slightly）． Nor could the use of smart phones and the Internet be entirely the （15）　　， the report said， since the decline began before they were widely available． If the delay is to make room for creative exploration and forming better social and emotional connections， it is a good thing， he said．

（1）A． Therefore	B． Rather	C． Moreover	D． Besides
（2）A． childhood	B．neighborhood	C． adolescents	D． adulthood
（3）A． escapes	B． ends	C． decreases	D． changes
（4）A． minorities	B． majorities	C． masses	D． amounts
（5）A． taking	B． avoiding	C． sending	D． missing
（6）A． interested	B． envied	C． relieved	D． realized
（7）A． emotions	B． surroundings	C． customs	D． habits
（8）A． wrong	B． same	C． opposite	D． similar
（9）A． event	B． issue	C． case	D． occasion
（10）A． trouble	B． questions	C． benefits	D． diseases
（11）A． respectively	B． delicately	C． seriously	D． considerably
（12）A． slower	B． better	C． smaller	D． faster
（13）A． emphasized	B． related	C． organized	D． educated
（14）A． implement	B． postponement	C． achievement	D． payment
（15）A． cause	B． impact	C． fact	D． result

Famous people often say that the key to becoming both happy and successful is to "do what you love．" But mastering a skill， even one that you deeply love，（1）　　a huge amount of dull work． Anyone who want to master a skill must run through the cycle of practice，（2）　　feedback， modification， and increasing improvement again， again and again． Some people seem able to concentrate on practicing an activity like this for years and take pleasure in their gradual improvement． Yet others find this kind of focused， time﹣intensive work to be （3）　　or boring． Why？

The difference may turn on the ability to enter into a state of "flow，" the feeling of being completely （4）　　in what you are doing． Whether you call it being "in the zone，" or something else， a flow state is a special experience． Since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi developed the （5）　　of flow in the 1970's， it has been a mainstay of positive﹣psychology research． Flow states can happen in the course of any activity， and they are most common when a task has well﹣defined goals and is at a（n）（6）　　skill level， and where the individual is able to （7）　　their performance to clear and immediate feedback．

Csikszentmihalyi suggested that those who most （8）　　entered into flow states had an "autotelic personality （自带目的性人格）" a disposition to seek out challenges and get into a state of flow． While those without such a personality see difficulties， autotelic individuals see opportunities to build skills． Autotelic individuals are receptive and open to new challenges． They are also （9）　　and have low levels of self﹣centeredness． Such people， with their capacity for "disinterested interest" have a great （10）　　over others in developing their innate abilities．

Fortunately for those of us who aren't （11）　　blessed with an autotelic personalily， there is evidence that flow states can be （12）　　by environmental factors．（13）　　， the learning framework prescribed by Montessori schools seems to encourage flow states．

While there isn't （yet） a pill that can turn mundane practice into a thrilling activity for anyone， it is heartening that we seem， at least to some （14）　　， to be able to nudge ourselves toward flow states． By giving ourselves unstructured， open﹣ended time， minimal （15）　　， and a task set at a moderate level of difficulty， we may be able to love what we're doing while we put in the hard work practicing the things we loving doing．

（1）A． inquires	B． requires	C． acquires	D． gains
（2）A． preventable	B． maintainable	C． sustainable	D． critical
（3）A． frustrating	B． encouraging	C． concerning	D． instructing
（4）A． improved	B． indicated	C． involved	D． inspired
（5）A． concept	B． receipt	C． reception	D． condition
（6）A． alternative	B． appropriate	C． approximate	D． sufficient
（7）A． make	B． adopt	C． adapt	D． adjust
（8）A． fully	B． really	C． readily	D． accidentally
（9）A． generous	B． persistent	C． courageous	D． resistant
（10）A． addict	B． advance	C． advantage	D． admire
（11）A． necessarily	B． obviously	C． gradually	D． occasionally
（12）A． forbidden	B． functioned	C． fastened	D． facilitated
（13）A． In particular	B． For example	C． In conclusion	D．In comparison
（14）A． intention	B． degree	C． purpose	D． extension
（15）A． temptation	B． charming	C． attractions	D． distractions